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The Grandmothers by Doris Lessing SIGNED First Edition 2003 Hardback with DJ
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- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
- Signed
- Yes
- Period
- Post-Modernism (1965-Today)
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780007152797
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- The Grandmothers
- Item Height
- 216mm
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Topic
- Short Stories, Books
- Item Width
- 156mm
- Item Weight
- 543g
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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The grande dame of English literature returns with a stunning collection of four short, intensely observed novels. With the four short novels in this collection, Doris Lessing once again proves that she is unequalled in her ability to capture the truth of the human condition. The title story, 'The Grandmothers', is an astonishing tour de force, a shockingly intimate portrait of an unconventional extended family and the lengths to which they will go to find happiness and love. Written with a cinematic eye, so that one almost feels one is watching the scenes from the sidelines, the story is a ruthless dissection of the veneer of middle-class morality and convention which manages to be at once universal and desperately, heartbreakingly personal. 'Victoria and the Staveneys' takes us through 20 years of the life of a young underprivilged black girl in London. A chance meeting introduces her to the world of the Staveneys - a liberal white middle-class family - and, seduced, she falls pregnant by one of the sons. As her young daughter grows up, Victoria feels her parental control diminishing as the attractions of the Staveney's world exert themselves. An honest and often uncomfortable lo
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HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780007152797
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Book Title
The Grandmothers
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories, Books
Publication Year
2003
Number of Pages
320 Pages
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Item Height
216mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
543g
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United Kingdom
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